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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Spinster

Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Spinster  (SPINSTER)


The population may be divided into different groups by conjugal status 1, marital status 1 or marital condition 1. Single 2 persons, bachelors 3 (men) and spinsters 4 (women), are those who have never been married; they are also sometimes called the never-married 2 class. The class of married persons 5, married men 6 and married women 7, consists of those who have been married and whose marriages have not been dissolved (513-3). All persons except single persons are ever-married persons 8.

  • 2. A synonym is celibate, adj. - celibacy, n.: the state of being single.

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